Reverend Parris by Jaeven Castro

Indirect Characterization

jaevenc — 2014-09-24 15:31:30 UTC

Reverend Parris is a very greedy person and we can see that without the writer having to tell us because we can see throughout the end of act 1 that he constantly is arguing about how little income he gets and how much better his life was before.

Direct Characterization

jaevenc — 2014-09-24 15:31:58 UTC

Reverend Parris is in his mid-40's and had few good things to be said about him. He used to be villainous but he wanted to become good and have god on his side.

Symbol of Reverend Parris

jaevenc — 2014-09-24 15:38:08 UTC

Reveren Parris is a man of God. A cross is a symbol of the church and he plays a big role in the church as a reverend.

Quote from Reverend Parris

jaevenc — 2014-09-24 15:45:17 UTC

"A minister is the lord's man in the parish, a minister is not to be so lightly crossed and contradicted."(page 1112) Parris and Proctor are arguing about land. This shows that Reverend Parris thinks he should be treated with more respect as a minister.

Quote about Reverend Parris

jaevenc — 2014-09-24 15:49:03 UTC

In the beginning of act 1 the narrarator says,"At the time of these events Parris was in his middle forties. In history he cut a villainous path, and there is very little good to be said for him. He believed he was being persecuted wherever he went, despite his best efforts to win people and God to his side. " We can see here that the narrarator is adding background on Reverend Parris' background in the beginning of the play. We see here that he had a bad past and was not liked by many people even though he wanted to be on peoples good side and was a man of God.